This paper outlines a new approach to the design of satellite wind scatterometers which promises a major reduction in power consumption whilst maintaining, or even improving, the measurement accuracy. The approach permits a larger antenna area to be used and allows the available RF energy to be distributed in an efficient manner such that proposed scatterometer offers flexibility to accommodate the illumination requirements in the light of more advanced and accurate backscatter coefficient models or the needs of a particular region in the swath. Bias errors caused by satellite attitude uncertainty are reduced. Results are given for a example in Ku-band.


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    Title :

    A new approach to the design of wind scatterometers


    Additional title:

    Ein neues Verfahren beim Entwurf von Satelliten-Windstreumessgeraeten


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 5 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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